Henry Melcher reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: BKSK-designed topper for the Meatpacking District gets Landmarks’ blessing. BKSK’s revised design for 9-19 9th Street. And another glass and metal addition is set to rise atop a low-rise building in the Meatpacking District. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has voted to approve the BKSK-designed topper to the two-story building at 9–19 9th Avenue, which is best known for

Tom Stoelker reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: LPC approves Adjmi’s concrete riff on cast iron. With unanimous approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Morris Adjmi‘s deceptively subtle take on the classic cast iron building is on its way to becoming reality. What at first glance appears to be a cast iron facade is actually a reverse bas relief cast in glass reinforced